April 18, 2007 (Volume 72)

Federal Register April 18, 2007

View all documents issued on April 18, 2007. This daily issue includes official rules, notices, and regulatory updates from federal agencies.

121 documents were published on this date.

Agencies Publishing on April 18, 2007

Agriculture Department logo Agriculture Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the Northern Research Station's (NRS) Outreach Opportunity Questionnaire.
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
Rural Business-Cooperative Service programs are administered through USDA Rural Development. USDA Rural Development announces the availability of approximately $3.5 million in competitive grant funds for the fiscal year (FY) 2007 Rural Cooperative De...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council will meet in Biloxi, Mississippi, June 5-7, 2007. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss emerging issues in urban and community forestry.
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Commerce Department logo Commerce Department

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Notice is hereby given that Michael M. Hastings, University of Maine, 5717 Corbett Hall, Orono, Maine 04469, has been issued a permit to take shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) for purposes of scientific research.
Notice Apr 18, 2007
Notice is hereby given that James T. Harvey, Ph.D., Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing, CA has been issued a permit to conduct scientific research on harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi).
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Fishery conservation and management:

Title Type Published
NMFS proposes to amend regulations governing salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to enhance the effectiveness of salmon bycatch measures by (1) exempting pollock vessels from Chinook...
Proposed Rule Apr 18, 2007
NMFS issues a proposed rule to amend vessel identification regulations of the Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species (HMS FMP). The current regulatory text requires all commercial fishing vessels and recrea...
Proposed Rule Apr 18, 2007
This final rule takes two actions: It establishes the 2007 harvest specifications for Pacific whiting (whiting) in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and state waters off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California; and, it announces inseaso...
Rule Apr 18, 2007

Meetings:

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The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and NMFS will hold a Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel meeting to review assessment methods for Pacific mackerel.
Notice Apr 18, 2007
The Manufacturing Council will hold a meeting via teleconference to deliberate a draft recommendation to the Secretary of Commerce regarding Alternative Energy.
Notice Apr 18, 2007

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); panel reviews:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to the Notice of Motion to Terminate this panel review, which was filed with the Canadian Section of the NAFTA Secretariat on April 10, 2007, this panel review is completed.
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Defense Department logo Defense Department

Title Type Published
This rule establishes policy and assigns responsibilities under DoD Directive 5124.8 for standardizing support to Non-Federal entities authorized to operate on DoD installations. Designates the Secretary of Army as the DoD executive agent for: Suppor...
Proposed Rule Apr 18, 2007
The Department of the Navy is deleting a system of records in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Apr 18, 2007
The National Reconnaissance Office proposes to add a system of records to its inventory of system of records notice systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Apr 18, 2007
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency proposes to alter a system of records notice to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Apr 18, 2007
The Department of the Navy is altering a system of records notice in its existing inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Apr 18, 2007
The Department of the Navy proposes to add a systems of records to its inventory of record systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The U.S. Army announces the availability of the DEIS, which evaluates the potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts of transformation activities at Fort Benning, Georgia. These transformation proposed actions include implementation of the 05...
Notice Apr 18, 2007
The Defense Logistics Agency announces the availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the removal of low- activity contamination resulting from storage of radioactive source material in the National Defense Stockpile of strategi...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Environmental statements; record of decision:

Title Type Published
On March 20, 2007, the United States Air Force signed a Record of Decision for the Realistic Bomber Training Initiative Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. This decision was based on information, analysis, and public comments contained in bo...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
Pursuant to Section 10(a), Public Law 92-463, as amended, notice is hereby given of a forthcoming Meeting of the President's Commission on America's Returning Wounded Warriors. The purpose of the Committee meeting is to conduct briefings for the Comm...
Notice Apr 18, 2007
The next meeting of the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Board of Visitors (BoV) will be held at Defense Acquisition University, Fort Belvoir, VA. The purpose of this meeting is to report back to the BoV on continuing items of interest.
Notice Apr 18, 2007

D
Denali Commission

Title Type Published
The Denali Commission (Commission) is an independent Federal agency based on an innovative federal-state partnership designed to provide critical utilities, infrastructure and support for economic development and in training in Alaska by delivering f...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Election Assistance Commission logo Election Assistance Commission

Title Type Published
Notice of public meeting.
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Energy Department logo Energy Department

Title Type Published
Electric rate and corporate regulation combined filings
Notice Apr 18, 2007
Hydroelectric applications
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title Type Published
Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Co., L.L.C.
Notice Apr 18, 2007
Enstor Gulf Coast Storage, LLC
Notice Apr 18, 2007
Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
High Island Offshore System, L.L.C.; settlement conference
Notice Apr 18, 2007
Southwest Power Pool Board of Directors/Members Committee and SPP Regional State Committee
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Practice and procedure:

Title Type Published
CDs, DVDs and other electronic media; submission guidelines
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Environmental Protection Agency logo Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:

Title Type Published
On April 20, 2006, EPA published final rules entitled, "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: General Provisions." Following that final action, the Administrator received a petition for reconsideration from Coalition for a Safe En...
Rule Apr 18, 2007

Air pollution control:

Title Type Published
This notice announces that the EPA Administrator has responded to a citizens' petition asking EPA to object to a State operating permit issued by the South Dakota Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (DENR). Specifically, the Administrat...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Air programs:

Title Type Published
In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that we have found that the motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) for volatile organic compounds (VOC) and oxides of nitrogen (NO<INF>X</INF>) in the Youngstown, Ohio area (Columbiana, Mahoning, and Trumb...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:

Title Type Published
When EPA approved Utah's Rule Recodification on February 14, 2006, we inadvertently incorporated by reference rules into the State Implementation Plan (SIP). When EPA approved Utah's Continuous Emission Monitoring Program on May 15, 2003, we inadvert...
Rule Apr 18, 2007

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:

Title Type Published
On May 30, 2006, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) submitted a request for EPA approval of a redesignation of LaPorte County to attainment of the 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) and of an ozone maint...
Proposed Rule Apr 18, 2007
On May 30, 2006, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) submitted a request for EPA approval of a redesignation of St. Joseph and Elkhart Counties to attainment of the 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) and...
Proposed Rule Apr 18, 2007
On February 15, 2007, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA), submitted a request for a redesignation of its portion of the Youngstown area to attainment of the 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS), and a request fo...
Proposed Rule Apr 18, 2007

Pesticide programs:

Title Type Published
EPA is proposing to exempt from Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) requirements plant-incorporated protectants derived from plant viral coat protein genes (PVCP-PIPs) when the PVCP-PIP meets specified criteria. EPA is proposi...
Proposed Rule Apr 18, 2007
EPA is proposing to exempt from the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) section 408 requirement of a tolerance, residues of coat proteins from viruses that naturally infect plants that humans consume when such coat proteins are produced in l...
Proposed Rule Apr 18, 2007

Pesticide registration, cancellation, etc.:

Title Type Published
In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of a request by a registrant to voluntarily cancel its registrations for all products containing the...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Pesticides; experimental use permits, etc.:

Title Type Published
EPA has granted an experimental use permit (EUP) to the following pesticide applicant. An EUP permits use of a pesticide for experimental or research purposes only in accordance with the limitations in the permit.
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Radiation protection programs:

Title Type Published
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or we) is announcing the availability of, and soliciting public comments for 30 days on, the proposed approval of the radioactive, transuranic (TRU) waste characterization program implemented by the Central Ch...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Federal Communications Commission logo Federal Communications Commission

Title Type Published
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collections, as required by the...
Notice Apr 18, 2007
The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by th...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Radio services, special:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) declines, for now, to establish a schedule for Private Land Mobile Radio (PLMR) systems in the 150-174 MHz and 421-512 MHz bands to transition to 6.25 kHz technology; and rev...
Rule Apr 18, 2007

Radio stations; table of assignments:

Title Type Published
This document dismisses a pending petition for rulemaking filed by Charles Crawford to allot Channel 233A at Kiowa, Kansas for failure to state a continuing interest in the requested allotment. The document therefore terminates the proceeding.
Proposed Rule Apr 18, 2007
This document denies a Petition for Reconsideration filed jointly by Vernon R. Baldwin, Inc., Morgan County Industries, Inc., and Vernon R. Baldwin ("Petitioners") directed to a letter which returned their Joint Petition for Rule Making ("Joint Petit...
Rule Apr 18, 2007

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission initiates review of its policies and practices under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504 Handbook). By doing so, the Commission seeks comment on the accessibility of its programs and activities....
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Television broadcasting:

Title Type Published
In this document, the Commission takes steps to encourage greater competition in the market for the delivery of multichannel video programming by soliciting comment on the use of exclusive contracts for the provision of video services to multiple dwe...
Proposed Rule Apr 18, 2007

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation logo Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Preserving Independence of Financial Institution Examinations Act of 2003; implementation:

Title Type Published
The FDIC is finalizing the proposed rule to amend existing FDIC ethics regulations involving extensions of credit, ownership of stock, and definitions. It implements the Preserving Independence of Financial Institution Examinations Act of 2003, which...
Rule Apr 18, 2007

Federal Maritime Commission logo Federal Maritime Commission

Title Type Published
Agreements filed, etc.
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:

Title Type Published
Carex Shipping, LLC, et al.
Notice Apr 18, 2007
Clarion Logistics USA, Inc., et al.
Notice Apr 18, 2007
Daily Freight Cargo, Corp., et al.
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission logo Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Federal Reserve System logo Federal Reserve System

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Banks and bank holding companies:

Federal Trade Commission logo Federal Trade Commission

Title Type Published
The FTC is submitting the information collection requirements described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). The FTC is seeking public comments on proposed information reques...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Health and Human Services Department logo Health and Human Services Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
The DHHS Office on Women's Health (OWH) was established in 1991 to improve the health and well being of all women and girls in the United States (US). To achieve this long-term goal, the OWH focuses on reducing the health differences (disparities) be...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Meetings:

Title Type Published
As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving notice that the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability (ACBSA) will hold a meeting. The meeting will be open to the pu...
Notice Apr 18, 2007
Director's Council of Public Representatives
Notice Apr 18, 2007
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panels
Notice Apr 18, 2007
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panels
Notice Apr 18, 2007
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public meeting to discuss our proposed recommendations for the reauthorization of the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002 (MDUFMA I) for fiscal years (FY) 2008 through 2012, as...
Notice Apr 18, 2007
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Initial Review Group
Notice Apr 18, 2007
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Notice Apr 18, 2007
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Apr 18, 2007
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Notice Apr 18, 2007
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Notice Apr 18, 2007
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Notice Apr 18, 2007
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Apr 18, 2007
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Notice Apr 18, 2007
National Institute on Aging
Notice Apr 18, 2007
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Notice Apr 18, 2007
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Notice Apr 18, 2007
National Library of Medicine
Notice Apr 18, 2007
National Library of Medicine
Notice Apr 18, 2007
Scientific Review Center
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Memorandums of understanding:

Title Type Published
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between FDA and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHH...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title Type Published
Clinician Recruitment and Service Bureau
Notice Apr 18, 2007
Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases
Notice Apr 18, 2007
Financial Management Office et al.
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Homeland Security Department logo Homeland Security Department

Title Type Published
The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork...
Notice Apr 18, 2007
The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Interior Department logo Interior Department

Endangered and threatened species:

Title Type Published
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), initiate 5- year reviews of seven wildlife species--Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis), grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) (as listed in the lower 48- States excluding the Greater Yellowstone Area popu...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Labor Department logo Labor Department

Title Type Published
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Meetings:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title Type Published
This document corrects a notice, appearing in the Federal Register on March 22, 2007 (72 FR 13534), that announces the availability of a final interim staff guidance document on "Preclosure Safety Analysis--Level of Information and Reliability Estima...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

O
Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Title Type Published
Meetings; Sunshine Act
Notice Apr 18, 2007

R
Railroad Retirement Board

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Securities and Exchange Commission logo Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title Type Published
American Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Apr 18, 2007
Fixed Income Clearing Corp.
Notice Apr 18, 2007
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Apr 18, 2007
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Apr 18, 2007
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Apr 18, 2007
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Apr 18, 2007
NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Notice Apr 18, 2007
NYSE Arca, Inc.
Notice Apr 18, 2007
New York Stock Exchange LLC
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Small Business Administration logo Small Business Administration

T
Trade Representative, Office of United States

World Trade Organization:

Title Type Published
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is providing notice that on March 6, 2007, in accordance with the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO Agreement), the United States requested consultations reg...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Transportation Department logo Transportation Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, PHMSA published a notice with request for comments in the Federal Register on February 12, 2007 (72 FR 6664) and received no comments. PHMSA is now forwarding the information collection request...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Air carrier certification and operations:

Title Type Published
This notice announces the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection requirement in the final rule published on February 13, 2007 (72 FR 6884). The sections of the final rule pending approval of this information co...
Rule Apr 18, 2007

Airport noise compatibility program:

Title Type Published
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its findings on the noise compatibility program submitted by St. Louis County under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. (the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act, hereinafter referred to as "the Act") an...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Airworthiness directives:

Title Type Published
The FAA is revising an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to all Boeing Model 777 airplanes. That AD currently requires a one-time inspection to determine the part number of the left and right air supply and cabin pressure controlle...
Rule Apr 18, 2007

Exemption petitions:

Highway planning and construction; licenses, permits, approvals, etc.:

Title Type Published
This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project, Interstate 73 between Interstate 81 near the City of Roanoke and the Virginia/North Carolina S...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Treasury Department logo Treasury Department

Title Type Published
In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of the Treasury, Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), gives notice of proposed alternations to six Privacy Act systems of records, as follows: OTS .002--Corresp...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Veterans Affairs Department logo Veterans Affairs Department

Title Type Published
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted below to...
Notice Apr 18, 2007
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Apr 18, 2007
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish notice...
Notice Apr 18, 2007
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Apr 18, 2007
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...
Notice Apr 18, 2007
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the following emergency p...
Notice Apr 18, 2007

Vocational rehabilitation and education:

Title Type Published
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published a document in the Federal Register on December 18, 2006 (71 FR 75672), implementing VA's authority under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 and the Bob Stump National Defense...
Rule Apr 18, 2007

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